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Sigismund von Neukomm

1778 - 1858

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Sigismund Neukomm or Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm [after ennoblement as a knight] (10 July 1778, in Salzburg – 3 April 1858, in Paris) was an Austrian composer and pianist. Neukomm first studied with the organist Weissauer and later studied theory under Michael Haydn and Leopold Mozart, though his studies at Salzburg University were in philosophy and mathematics. He became honorary organist at the Salzburg University church in 1792, and was appointed chorus-master at the Salzburg court theater in 1796. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigismund von Neukomm has received more than 39,176 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sigismund von Neukomm is the 721st most popular composer (up from 727th in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from Austria (down from 559th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sigismund von Neukomm ranks 721 out of 1,451. Before him are Amy Beach, Nicolas Gombert, Kenji Kawai, František Brixi, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, and Johann Krieger. After him are Johan Helmich Roman, John Bull, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Carl Millöcker, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Paul Wranitzky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Sigismund von Neukomm ranks 26. Before him are Carl Ludvig Engel, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Beau Brummell, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sophie Blanchard, and Augustinos Kapodistrias. After him are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, Joseph Lancaster, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, and Carl Ludwig Koch. Among people deceased in 1858, Sigismund von Neukomm ranks 32. Before him are Felice Orsini, Henry Darcy, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Rachel Félix, Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden, and Valentín Gómez Farías. After him are Johann Baptist Cramer, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Charles-Louis Havas, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Jhalkaribai, and Ghezo.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Sigismund von Neukomm ranks 576 out of 1,424. Before him are Anton Schall (1907), Károly Huszár (1882), Günter Brus (1938), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), and Dezső Kosztolányi (1885). After him are Bénédict Morel (1809), Paula von Preradović (1887), Viktor Klima (1947), Theodore Romzha (1911), Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria (1868), and Karl Schäfer (1909).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Sigismund von Neukomm ranks 42. Before him are Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855), Robert Fuchs (1847), Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765), Carl Zeller (1842), Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), and Johann Strauss III (1866). After him are Carl Millöcker (1842), Hans Rott (1858), Joseph Weigl (1766), Wilhelm Kienzl (1857), Emil von Reznicek (1860), and Friedrich Cerha (1926).

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